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Just look at the face on Barbara Walters as famous actor James Brolin sneaks in that everyone should take a look at 911weknow.com just as 'The View' is ending on 28 Dec 2006.
Dec 28, 2006
Palestinian Fatah-loyalist security forces fire towards Hamas gunmen.
Jerusalem Post, 3 Jan 07

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh waving to supporters in front of the Prophet Mohammed Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia on 3 January 2007.
(Reuters)
Rahm Emmanuel jumped outfront on 3 Jan 2007 to be the visible public spokesman of the Democratic Party which has taken over both branches of Congress
The American Capitol Pristine in the Sunshine but hardly in the Halls of Congress.
The Israelis Are Whipping Up Anti-Semite Charges Against Any and All Who Criticize Israel.
Jacques Chirac speaking at the Elysee Palace in Paris on 4 January 2006.
(Reuters)
French President Chira at the Elysee Palace on 4 January 2007
Reuters
Xiamen, south China in January 2007

Demonstrators in Amman, Jordan, carried pictures of Mr. Hussein and shouted slogans condemning the United States and Iran. Published Page 1 New York Times 6 Jan 07 with story that Saddam Hussein was now widely considered a Martyr.
NYTimes, Page 1, 6 Jan 07
Both in Iraq and Palestine the Americans are Pushing hard for Civil War to further their own aim of control - 6 Jan 2007.
6 Jan 2007

6 Jan 2007

Satellite image showing the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran.





Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the Taglit Birthright Mega Event Sunday night at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on 7 Jan 2007.
DOING THE WAVE Participants in the Taglit (birthright) program stand up and cheer during a gathering of some 3,000 participants at Jerusalem's International Convention Center Sunday night. At the event, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said, "One of the things that makes us stronger and safer is the knowledge that we here in Israel are only the spearhead of a great people all over the world, and one day we will see them claim their birthright to come home where they belong." 7 Jan 2007
Palestinians carry senior Fatah leader Muhammad Dahlan (center) during a rally in Gaza City on Sunday, 7 Jan 2007
Jordanians protest Saddam's execution. Jordanians burn an effigy covered with an American flag during a rally in Amman, Jordan, after the Friday prayers. Some 3,000 Jordanians marched in down town to protest against the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on 5 Jan 2007


Gaza Strongman with CIA connection, Dahlan, is positioned to take down Hamas in Gaza with US, Israel, and Arab 'client regime' arms and help.
The Dems #2 in the House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer
The Voice of America Building located between the White House and the Capitol in Washington, DC
Masked Palestinian members of Hamas take part in a West Bank rally to celebrate Israel's pullout from the Gaza Strip in September 2005.
epa/Corbis


Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on 8 January 2007
Senators Joe Lieberman and John McCain join forces together at the infamous American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in downtown Washington early in the New Year 2007 - Lieberman channels David Frum, warning anew of an "axis of evil"
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, a day before meeting representatives from eight Arab countries in Kuwait on 16 Jan 2007.
(kevi frayer/associated press)
A young Palestinian Girl Mourning the Hanging of Saddam Hussein.
From left: Dr. Alon Liel, Geoffrey Aronson and Syrian President Bashar Assad - Haaretz 16 Jan 2007
From left: Dr. Alon Liel, Geoffrey Aronson at Washington's Middle East Institute and Syrian President Bashar Assad
Pilotless U.S. Spy Drone Planes - Iran Shot Down One in January 2007.


Around the World Groups Have Taken Up the 'Boycott Israel' Baner

Capitol Hill - 'Occupied' Israeli Territory Goes the Saying


George Bush Looking Through Binoculars With The Lens Caps On - (simulated by an enterprising bloggist to make the point!)
willthomas.net
Robert Fisk - one of the most important Western journalists writing from the Middle East.




Iran President Ahmadinejad met on 23 Jan 2007, the same day as the American State of the Union address, with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem in Tehran. He accused the U.S. of stirring up conflict between rival Muslim sects to maintain influence in the Middle East.


The General Assembly of the United Nations

The President of Iran and the Head of Hamas.

In this combo picture, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, with holes on his socks, is seen as he leaves from the Ottoman era Selimiye mosque in Edirne, western Turkey, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007. Wolfowitz was in turkey for a-two-day official visit.
(AP Photo/Nadir Alp/Anatolia)

Shortly after announcing she's in the Presidential race Hillary Clinton took her campaign to the Jewish and Zionist powers that be in AIPAC and the Israeli/Jewish Lobby.
A masked Palestinian Hamas militant holding a Kalachnikov rifle, taking his position on a street in Gaza City - 2 Feb 2007
(Reuters)
A Palestinian teacher is seen through a broken window in the Islamic University in Gaza City, affiliated to the Hamas movement, one of which buildings was attacked and burned Friday during factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza City, Saturday Feb. 3, 2007.
(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
The shadow of a Palestinian militant from the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades is cast on a wall, during a press conference against Hamas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Feb. 2, 2007.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)








The Saudi King with the Westernized and Islamic Palestinian Leaders on 7 February 2007 in Mecca
Islamic Wakf unveils recreated pulpit at Al-Aksa. Wakf Islamlic trust officials stand by a replica of a wooden pulpit originally donated by Saladin at the Aksa Mosque on the Temple Mount.
Feb 2007


Gunman from the Al Aksa Martyrs' Brigades.
Shortly after becoming Israeli Prime Minister in 2006 Ehud Olmert Received Standing Ovations from a rare Joint Session of the U.S. Congress

NYTimes Publisher Looks Ahead to 2012 - Paper or Internet?
February 2007
NYTimes Publisher Looks Ahead to 2012 - Paper or Internet?

The Publisher of the New York Times Thinks Digital - And Soon
The Publisher of the New York Times Thinks Digital - And Soon
From left, Khaled Meshal, the exiled leader of Hamas; President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority and Fatah; Prime Minister Ismail Haniya of Hamas; and Rawhi Fattuh, an aide to Mr. Abbas, prayed in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where they signed a cease-fire. 8 Feb 2007
NYTimes
After many delays the Pentagon finally released its report on pre-war 'intelligence' on 8 Feb 2007
Douglas J. Feith, center, has been accused by critics of the administration of distorting intelligence data to justify the invasion of Iraq - NYTimes 9 Feb 2007
This Major Headline in Print on TV and on the Net on 9 Feb 2007.
This Israeli Construction, and other clandestine efforts in the past, have inflamed the Arab World. Distrust of Israeli Intentions is rampant and with ample justification.
Baghdad on 12 February 2007
Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman in Munich, Germany, on 11 Feb 2007.



A model wears an outfit by Fashion East designer Louise Golden during her catwalk show at London Fashion Week in London, Monday Feb. 12, 2007. The designers are showing their Autumn/ Winter 2007/8 collections.
(AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
It's by far the biggest Embassy on Earth that the Americans are Building in Baghdad.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (r.), Hamas's Khaled Meshaal (c.), and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, also of Hamas, walked inside Mecca's Grand Mosque, Islam's holiest mosque, on Friday, 9 February 2007, after agreeing to a unity deal in Saudi Arabia.
Iranians Are Swept Up In A Sea of Nationalist Flags Celebrating The Anniversary of Their Revolution in February 2007.



Antiwar protesters made their presence felt as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testified before a Senate panel in early February 2007.
Joel Surnow is the Producer of '24', good friend of Rush Limbaugh, and wants to turn America further right.
Palestinian PM Haniyeh and PA Chairman Abbas shaking hands after Abbas formally asked Haniyeh to form a unity gov't, in Gaza on 15 February 2007
Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyeh, PA Chair Mahmoud Abbas, and senior Fatah official Mohammed Dahlan attending a press conference in Gaza on 15 Feb 2007 after Abbas formally asked Haniyeh to form a unity government.
(Reuters)




The Three Bushes


Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas listens to Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal during their meeting in Mecca in February 2007



Under a picture of Iran's late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, talks with Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2007.


Geoffrey Aronson - long-time Washington disguised operative of the Israelis working with associated groups and organizations



The Man Behind '24' - Bush/Cheney supporter Joel Surnow


Employees of the Israeli Antiquities Authority work at the site of the Mughrabi walkway leading to the Temple Mount. (The caption on this picture in the Jerusalem Post on 17 February 2007)
17 February 2007 - The American Secretary of State and the Israeli Foreign Minister Spinning the Press With a Big Photo Op
Ham Saban - The American Israeli whose multi-millions buys think-tanks, politicians, and parties on behalf of Israel
This is the picture the Americans and the Israelis wanted the world to see on 18 Feb 2007 even as everything in the Middle East seems more tense and uncertain than ever.











President Bush is pictured with Gen. George Washington, played by actor Dean Malissa, after Bush spoke on the 275th anniversary of George Washington's birthday at his estate in Mount Vernon, Va. - Feb. 19, 2007.
President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush are seen inside the tomb of President George Washington and Martha Washington on Presidents Day, Feb. 19, 2007.
White House Photo
President George W. Bush shakes hands with General George Washington (actor) following President Bush’s address at the Mount Vernon Estate on the 275th Birthday of the first American President.
White House photo by Eric Drape

Israel's Jerusalem Post Features A Section Called 'Iran Threat'.
Jerusalem Post
JERUSALEM Israeli newspapers ran front-page pictures of Amir Peretz, the Defence Minister, inspecting troops through binoculars with the lens caps on. Mr Peretz, who was with the army chief of staff, raised the capped binoculars three times, nodding as Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi explained the scene.

From the Daily Telegraph in London on 24 Feb 2007 with the following caption: Statement of intent? A banner carried during demonstrations in Tehran

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley speaks during inauguration ceremonies of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. in Fort Worth, Texas in 2006. It was officially named Lightning II.
(EPA/Rex C. Curry)


The right-wingers wasted no time. The very day after Gore won his Oscar this screaming headline from Matt Drudge
26 Feb 2007

Senator Chuck Hagel

28 February 2007
28 February 2007 - The Independent (London)
An Israeli soldier stands in front of Palestinian graffiti that reads "Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine" and "Hamas" in the West Bank City of Nablus February 25, 2007.
REUTERS/Loay Abu Haykel (WEST BANK)
The cartoon which when first published set off so much Muslim shouting
A boy sells posters of the Hizbullah leader, Hassan Nasrallah. His group are reported to be regrouping and rearming.
THE GUARDIAN - Feb 07 - Photograph: AP
General David Petraeus took over Command in Iraq in early 2007.
An Iranian young man poses on a statue of Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hassan Modarres, a politician who was member of Iran's Parliament during World War I, and strongly opposed Reza Shah Pahlavi in the plan for deposing the Qajar dynasty in 1925. This picture at a gathering to support Iran's nuclear program in Tehran Monday, March 5, 2007.
(AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
The Baghdad conference included countries neighboring Iraq, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and three international groups. 10 March 2007
In Shift, U.S., Iran Meet On Iraq, page A01 Wash Post






General David Petraeus, the new top US commander in Iraq in February 2007.
Photograph: Brent Stirton/Getty Images
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2007 Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 12, 2007.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Vice President Dick Cheney delivers remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2007 Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 12, 2007.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
A Secret Service agent stands watch as Vice President Dick Cheney, rear, delivers remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee 2007 Policy Conference in Washington, Monday, March 12, 2007.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney waves before addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference 2007 in Washington March 12, 2007.
REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (UNITED STATES)
Douglas Feith - Zionist, Jewish, Likudnik, and designated agent by Ariel Sharon



On the Washington Mall just a few blocks from the Capital in March 2007





The Hype from the Drudge Machine on 16 March

These are both the best of times and the worst of times for the American-Jewish lobby - THE ECONOMIST, 15 March 2007
Israeli Professor, Historian, and Linguist Tanya Reinhart Died on 18 March 2007.
March on the Pentagon - 17 October 2007
March On The Pentagon - 17 March 2007
A Sea of Protestors and Signs for the 2007 March On The Pentagon
Israeli Professor Tanya Reinhart's Final Book.
AIPAC was featured in the 15 March 2007 issue of THE ECONOMIST - TAMING THE LEVIATHAN was the title of the key Article
In this image made from television, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ducks behind the podium, as a rocket lands inside the Green Zone in central Baghdad, during a televised news conference - March 22, 2007.
(AP Photo/AP Television News)




One of the leading American Jewish Neo-Liberals, Tom Friedman of the New York Times
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accompanied by Rep. Rahm Emanuel and Rep. David Obey walk to the Speaker's office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 23, 2007, after a sharply divided House voted to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year.
(AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)
Mark Bruzonsky is the host of this unique and exclusive TV program - MiddleEast.Org
Mid-East Realities TV - MiddleEast.Org
Mid-East Realities TV - MiddleEast.Org


Sudanese President Omar El-Bashir, right welcomes Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas as he arrives for the opening session of the annual summit of the Arab League in Khartoum on 25 March 2007.

Around the world, and even for many Americans, this graphic now symbolizes the realities of the United States of America

The Israelis in the 26 March 2007 Jerusalem Post elevated Prince Bandar to Saudi Foreign Minister. Call it a political Freudian slip...
A supporter of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, stands with a placard outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
.(AP Photo/Sang Tan)
Top Pentagon Official Douglas Feith in Afghanistan heavily guarded by soldiers in 2002.

You can easily call MiddleEast.Org in Washington at all times from anywhere in the world using Slupe.
King Abdullah denounced the American military presence in Iraq as an "illegitimate foreign occupation" and called on the West to end its financial embargo against the Palestinians at his opening address to the Riyadh Arab League Summit in March 2007.





Israel Singer, the corrupt and finally deposed, man who Zionized the World Jewish Congress in league with the Israelis
John Travolta, of Scientology and Global Warming Concerns, Parks His Many Jets at his Florida Home





Barack Obama poses at Columbia University in New York City during a visit by his grandparents Stanley and Madelyn Dunham.
Barack Obama with his grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, in Africa in 2004
Lebanese Christians celebrated Palm Sunday 2 April 2007 in Beirut. The Christian population in Lebanon is dwindling as more and more flee the country to avoid radical Islam and a potential Sunni-Shi'ite civil war.
AP
The British Prime Minister Gave His 48-Hour Warning to IRAN on 3 April as other rumors circulated of a planned American strike on 6 April
2007
The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, visits the Muslims in the Middle East
Roots of America's problems in the Middle East: The Palestinian suffering



Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Greeted by Minister Iyad Madani in Saudi Arabia on 5 April 2007
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy


Ford Motors President Alan Mulally had to make sure President Bush plugged into the right socket on a Ford hydrogen-electric plug-in hybrid. The worry was Bush could plug it in wrong and blow himself up...no kidding! Mulally told journalists that he intervened to prevent President Bush from plugging an electrical cord into the hydrogen tank and blowing himself up!
More Troops Dying Than Ever - The Toll on the weekend of 8 April 2007
An Iranian female student holds a placard during a gathering to show their support to their country's nuclear activities, marking "National Day of the Nuclear Technology", in front of the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran, Iran - April 9, 2007.
(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
An Iranian student sets on fire representations of a U.S and a British flag during a gathering to show their support to their country's nuclear activities in front of the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran, Iran - April 9, 2007.
(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
An Iranian female student talks on her cell phone as she attends a gathering to show their support to their country's nuclear activities, marking "National Day of the Nuclear Technology", in front of the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran, Iran - April 9, 2007.
(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian students chant slogans during a gathering to show their support to their country's nuclear activities marking "National Day of the Nuclear Technology", in front of the Iran's Atomic Energy Organization in Tehran, Iran - April 9, 2007.
(AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Palestinians hold pictures of their relatives during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, in Gaza April 9, 2007.
REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Iraqi Shia supporters of Moqtada al-Sadr wave the Iraqi national flags during an anti-US rally in Najaf on 9 April 2007.
Photograph: Qassem Zein/AFP

A Huge Anti-U.S. Demonstration Exploded in Iraq on 9 April 2007, the fourth Anniversary of the American Takeover of Baghdad


THE CASE FOR IMPEACHMENT by Dave Lindorf and Barbara Olshansky was published by St. Martin's Press in March 2006.
Distinguished Princeton Professor Walter F. Murphy Finds Himself on "Terrorist Watch List".

Princeton Professor Walter F. Murphy, a top Constitutional scholar who gave a televised speech slamming President Bush's policies, was recently told that he had been added to the secret terrorist watch list.
April 2007


18 Minutes of White House Tapes 'Disappeared' Helping Push Nixon Out the White House Doors
President of the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz, has quite a controversial past - lead architect of the Iraq debacle and close associate of the most-hard line Israeli and Jewish Zionist organizations.
The Nixon Downfall of 1973
The Oct. 12, 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole killed 17 U.S. sailors and wounded 39.
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
This screaming headline from THE NEW STATESMAN in London in mid-April 2007.
Paul Wolfowitz has long been considered one of the most pro-Israeli Zionist operatives in Washington. Here he is pictured with Ariel Sharon and other leading American Jews who played important parts in bringing about the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Paul Wolfowitz has long been considered one of the most pro-Israeli Zionist operatives in Washington. Here he is pictured with Ariel Sharon and other leading American Jews who played important parts in bringing about the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

Palestinian women hold pictures of jailed relatives during a protest marking "Palestinian Prisoners Day" in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
During one of the 2004 Presidential Debates, an unauthorized rear photo shows a mysterious buldging device worn by the President.
Another photo, this one at the Ranch maybe so the Secret Service could monitor and talk with him, of Bush with a back buldge thought to be a transceiver with unscramling capability





The new MiddleEast.Org Multi-Blog is available for everyone to now use.
An Iraqi Shiite boy attends a weekly prayer session at Imam Musa al-Kadhim's Shrine in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 13, 2007.
Iraqis collect metal and plastic objects at a rubbish dump in Baghdad on April 12. Municipal dustmen no longer venture into some areas, such as Saidiyah, due to fear. Overflowing rubbish dumps and people setting fire to rubbish are a common sight in Baghdad.
Iraqi soldier stands next to a collapsed bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, on April 12. A suicide truck bomb exploded on a major al-Sarafiya bridge in Baghdad, collapsing the steel structure and sending cars toppling into the Tigris river below, police and witnesses said.
Palestinian militants parade in Gaza City on April 10, 2007.
A Shiite woman holds an Iraqi flag during a march through the holy city of Najaf, Iraq, on April 9, 2007, the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad. The huge demonstration demanded an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
Students wave national flags during a promotion for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at a primary school on April 9, in Chongqing, China. The country is reportedly investing more than $23 billion in preparation for the games
A young Palestinian supporter of the Islamic group Hamas holds a portrait of late Hamas founder and leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin during a rally marking the third anniversary of his targeted killing by Israeli forces, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on April 6. Yassin was killed in an Israeli missile strike in Gaza City on March 22, 2004.
A Palestinian demonstrator argues with an Israeli soldiers during a demonstration against Israel's separation barrier near the West Bank town of Ramallah on April 6. Israel says the barrier is necessary to keep suicide bombers out while Palestinians call it a land grab.
Pakistani Islamic students gather beside a pile of burning CDs and DVDs outside Lal Mosque in Islamabad on April 6. Thousands of CDs and DVDs were torched by religious students after the weekly Friday prayer. A radical Muslim cleric Abdul Aziz who is leading a Taliban-style anti-vice drive in the heart of the capital said he would set up an Islamic "Sharia" court at his mosque. The move comes a week after students kidnapped a woman accused of being a brothel owner and mounted morality patrols targeting music and DVD shops.
April 2007



At an Army Day parade Wednesday in Tehran, a soldier saluted a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.



The unforgettable green eyes of this young Afghan girl stared out at the world from the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985, making her one of the world's most famous faces.









April 20, 2007
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced protesters while testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee.


Begin, with Sadat and US President Jimmy Carter, signed the peace treaty with Egypt at Camp David. Begin always regarded himself as a disciple of Jabotinsky. (Jerusalem Post, 23 April 2007)



King Abdullah says he is 'very dedicated' to Arab peace initiative. Acting President and Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik (right) is greeted by Jordan's Queen Rania as King Abdullah II looks on during Itzik's visit to Jordan on 20 April 2007
Olmert says Israel has 'no intention' of attacking Syria. IDF soldiers train in the Golan Heights.
Bush praises US Holocaust Museum's efforts to stop Darfur genocide. US President George W. Bush, speaking at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC on Wednesday, urges survivors not to turn a blind eye to the Darfur genocide.
Palestinian Hamas militants attend a news conference in Gaza April April 24, 2007.
Quickly Nicknamed the 'Wall of America' the Americans began building this 5-kilometer wall in the stealth of night on 10 April. The Iraqi Prime Minister publicly ordered the Americans to stop about 10 days later.
India successfully test fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed with Russia on 22 April 2007.
Tasting the Presidency Guillani Proves He'll Say Whatever

Protesting the possibility of the first 'Islamic' President of 'Secular' Turkey.




Prince Harry Training To Go to IRAQ
In Ho9lland in 2007 a Dutchman has built a half-size replica of the Biblically Fabled Noah's Ark
Steve Handley was Deputy National Security Adviser under Condi Rice and then became National Security Adviser when she became Secretary of State
On 30 April fire devasted both the Eastern Market on Capitol Hill as the Georgetown Library in the historic part of Washington.


Reviewing the speech, Ha'aretz Washington correspondent Shmuel Rosner concluded that Obama "sounded as strong as Clinton, as supportive as Bush, as friendly as Giuliani. At least rhetorically, Obama passed any test anyone might have wanted him to pass. So, he is pro-Israel. Period."





The CIA Director in both the Clinton and Bush Administrations receives the Medal of Freedom at the White House in 2004.


The big screaming headline on Drudge Report 3 May 2007



Lee Hamilton (left) and James Baker (right) presented the Iraq Study Group Report to George W. Bush on December 6, 2006.

Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades Soldier



Thanks for coming to the American Bicentennial in 17...oh...1976... 'Oh Dear' the Queen could be heard muttering...





The American Vice-President Clearly Warmed IRAN again from an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf: "We'll stand with others to prevent Iran from gaining nuclear weapons and dominating this region."
A Navy F/A-18 fighter jet is seen in the background as Vice President Dick Cheney arrives to greet sailors and Marines at a rally aboard the USS John C. Stennis aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, Friday, May 11, 2007.
(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Oops...Just a 12-second goof...or hope...on CNN International 11 May 2007
On the Aircraft Carrier USS Stennis on 11 May 2007






Berlin, Germany: Demonstrators protest against police raids on some 40 sites linked to left-wing militants plotting to hold violent protests during the G8 summit in June 2007.
Picture in the Jerusalem Post on 13 May 2007

Protesters call for the firing of World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz. in front of the bank's headquarters in Washington, May 9, 2007. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Israeli soldiers next to the tower of David in Jerusalem's Old City.

On Target? Israel hopes the Arrow (seen above) can intercept ballistic missiles from Iran and Syria.
Deputy Head of Hamas Moussa Abu Marzook in Damascus 2007
Palestinian children hold maps of the Palestinian territories that includes Israel as they attend a rally to mark the 59th anniversary of the Naqba, or "The catastrophe" in the West Bank city of Nablus - May, 15, 2007

From left: Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul-Ilah Al-Khatib, Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat and Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa take part in session during the third day of the World Economic Forum in South Shuneh, 35 Kilometers west of Amman, Jordan - May 20, 2007.
(AP Photo / Nasser Nasser)
Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres talks during a session at the third day of the World Economic Forum in South Shuneh, 35 Kilometers (21 Miles) west of Amman, Jordan Sunday, May 20, 2007.
(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

The American Fortress Embassy on the Tigress the size of the Vatican and build like a bunker. It is scheduled to open before the end of 2007.


The Palestinian Prime Minister since 2006, from the Hamas Party, is Ismail Haniyeh.


The Ameican National Security Adviser in the White House was forced to 'duck' for cover in Iraq

The Palestinian President and Prime Minister, Abbas and Haniyeh, Fateh and Hamas, U.S.-connected and Islam-connected.









Haleh Esfandiari and her husband, Shaul Bakhash, pose for a photo while on a vacation trip. Haleh Esfandiari has been detained in Iran since early May 2007, accused of trying to undermine and topple Iran's government. Charges against Esfandiari, the 67-year-old Iranian-American who works on Middle East issues at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, were announced Monday, May 21, 2007.
(AP Photo/Bakhash Family)





On May 18, Israeli peace activists demanded: “Talk With Syria.” Some on Israel’s left and right also like the idea. NYTimes 27 May 2007






Iranians holding posters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Khomeini before a speech by the president on 3 June 2007.
An approaching aircraft flies overhead past a marker indicating the route of the jet fuel pipeline supplying JFK airport near 157 Ave. and 99th St. in the residential neighborhood of Howard Beach, Queens, N.Y. on Sunday, June 3, 2007. The lengthy pipeline was installed decades ago to replace barge deliveries of jet fuel.
(AP Photo/Rick Maiman)
The Democratic Debaters for President as of 3 June 2007

On 6 June 2007, just as the G8 Summit began in Germany, Turkish Forces Crossed into Northern Iraq to battle the PKK
A UN armored vehicle patrolling the border between Syria and Israel.
(Reuters)
.S. Marines aboard the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa command ship USS Mount Whitney enroute to the Indian Ocean.
US Navy
Pilotless Israeli Attack Planes Are Used to Kill Palestinians from the Air
German riot police refuse to let a crowd of protesters approach the summit perimeter near the village of Brodhagen where the G8 Leaders met in June 2008.
German police officers in riot gear use batons against G8 opponents in Hinter Bollhagen near Heiligendamm. Despite massive security precautions thousands of protesters managed to block roads leading to the Baltic Sea resort - June 2007
(Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)
Oxfam activists, wearing masks depicting the G8 heads of state, pose on the beach in Kuehlungsborn Germany.
(Morris Mac Matzen/Reuters)
German police officers in riot gear use batons to force away plastic foil used by G8 opponents as a protection shield against a water cannon - June 2007
(Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters)






President Bush Jointed an International Meeting of Neocon in Praque on his way to the G8 Summit. The Theme of the Conference was Regime Change and/or Attacking IRAN
Former Knesset Speaker and Chairman of the Jewish Agency Avraham Burg
The Ofek 7 satellite launching on 10 June 2007. The satellite orbits over Iran, Iraq and Syria every 90 minutes.
Israel's Ofek 7 spy satellite was launched on 10 June 2007, the same day Senator Joseph Lieberman said loudly on Face The Nation the U.S. must seriously consider bombing Iran. The satellite orbits over Iran, Iraq and Syria every 90 minutes.
Headlines in June 2007 as the U.S. and Israel Prepare for War with IRAN
President Bush is a reformed Alcoholic not supposed to drink alcohol. This picture was taken at the G8 summit in June 2007, a summit at which Bush missed the group photo because of a 'stomach flu' that lasted only a few hours.
President Bush is a reformed Alcoholic not supposed to drink alcohol. This picture was taken at the G8 summit in June 2007, a summit at which Bush missed the group photo because of a 'stomach flu' that lasted only a few hours.

A major regular section in the Jerusalem Post is "The Iranian Threat"
Jerusalem Post




A Palestinian militant from Hamas stands guard on a rooftop in Gaza City, June 12, 2007. Hamas gunmen captured the headquarters of the Fatah-allied security forces in northern Gaza, seizing control of a key prize in the bloody power struggle between the sides, Hamas and Fatah officials said.
(AP Photo)
In this image released by the Iraqi government, a bombed Shiite Golden Dome shrine in Samarra i Iraq, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, is seen from the air, centre right, Wednesday, June 13, 2007. In a bold blow to Iraqi hopes for peace, suspected al-Qaida bombers toppled the towering minarets of Samarra's revered Shiite shrine on Wednesday, adding new provocation to old, a year after the mosque's Golden Dome was destroyed.
(AP Photo/Iraqi Government, HO)



November 2005 - Prospect Magazine

Palestinian militants from Hamas stand at the desk of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas inside Abbas' personal office after it was taken over by Hamas in fighting in Gaza City on June 15, 2007. Fatah forces collapsed under the onslaught by Hamas, which showed superior organization and motivation.
(Hatem Moussa/ AP Photo )
A Palestinian militant from Hamas stands over pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the late Yasser Arafat inside Abbas' personal office after it was taken over by Hamas in fighting in Gaza City on June 15, 2007. Fatah forces collapsed under the onslaught by Hamas, which showed superior organization and motivation.
(AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)


Hamas militants at the desk of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after storming Mr Abbas' personal office. 15 June 2007
Hamas militants celebrated as they seized rival faction Fatah's Preventive Security compound, their intelligence headquarters in Gaza. 15 June 2007
Hamas moved to cement its control over the Gaza Strip as the fighting escalated in June 2007
The green flags of Hamas are flying over Gaza as the Palestinian militant group says it is close to taking control of the territory. 15 June 2007
Hamas militants storm the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, from Fatah, in Gaza City. 15 June 2007




This warning from the Nobel Prize-winning Head of the IAEA. The Americans tried unsuccessfully to have Mohamed ElBaradei removed from his position.
This warning from the Nobel Prize-winning Head of the IAEA. The Americans tried unsuccessfully to have Mohamed ElBaradei blocked from his new term at the IAEA.
This headline from Huffington Post on 16 June 2007 got it backwards - Should be U.S.-Israel backed Fateh Seizes...
Palestinian Fatah supporters hold flags after taking over the Palestinian parliament building in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, June 16, 2007. Hundreds of Fatah gunmen on Saturday stormed Hamas-controlled institutions in the West Bank, including parliament and government ministries, and told staffers that those with ties to Hamas will not be allowed to return. At the parliament, the Fatah supporters chanted, "Hamas Out," climbed on the roof of the building and fired in the air. They planted Fatah and Palestinian flags on the building. They also tried to seize the deputy speaker, but were stopped by employees. The gunmen planted Fatah flags and Palestinian banners on the buildings they had taken over. 16 June 07
AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen



15 June 2007




A prescient Hamas banner is photographed during the Israeli disengagement of 2005/6

At the White House on 19 June 2007



A MIGHTY HEART’: A film about Daniel Pearl and his killing in Pakistan.

The spendthrift super rich Arabs are building artificial islands and ski resorts in Dubai.

















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